Aluminum Bar, for Miter Gage

[Carroll Courtney]

Where can a person purchase aluminum flat bar 5/16x3/4x24" for a miter gage off the www.?I (http://www.?I) check at Woodcraft and they don't have nothing that long........................Its acturally for a cross cut sled.I came across some panels that are 5/8x24"x40"that is made of plastic lam.on the outside and a hard resin in the middle and very flat.Were used as partitions in rest rooms.(don't laugh)

[Matt Meiser]

Carroll, If you want the raw stock, ASAP Source/Alro Metals Plus (http://www.asapsource.com) in Ann Arbor, Michigan has 5/16x3/4x72" 6061 aluminum for $14.34. They are local to me so I don't know what their shipping is like.

I tried to link directly to the listing, but couldn't. If you go to their site and click Rectangle/Flat on the menu, then choose Aluminum, then choose 6061 and scroll down about 1/2 way you will find it. It is listed as "--- BUYOUT --- 5/16" X 3/4" RECT 6061-T6511 ALUM 72" PRE-CUT"

[Randal Stevenson]

McMaster Carr, and for small pieces, I've found it sometimes cheaper to get them from the bay. (ebay)


Locally, things like that are harder to find, except for some higher dollar speciallty stores.

[Noah Katz]

Why aluminum? It's only 1/3 as stiff as steel.

That that might not be an issue in your appliction, but it is if you're trying to make a wide crosscut with your miter gauge hanging off the back of your TS.

[Gary Keedwell]

Yea, but better then hardwood.;)

Gary K.

[Joe Chritz]

I have order dimensional steel and aluminum bar stock from MSC industrial. A google search should pop them up. The prices weren't all that bad but shipping was next day normally.

Joe

[Bruce Wrenn]

Onlinemetals.com stocks 3/4 aluminum in both 0.250 and 0.375 for $1.21, and $1.81 per foot respectively. No 5/16 thick though. I priced buying some for runners for jigs last week. They offer 10% off $100 or more, so it makes sense to buy up a bunch at one time. Ten percent off, offsets shipping.